Attorney-general
(n.) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. |
Booking office
() An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. |
Booking office
() An office where passage tickets are sold. |
Brigadier general
() An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. |
Crown office
() The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. |
Crown-post
(n.) Same as King-post. |
Ex post facto
() Alt. of Ex postfacto |
General
(a.) Relating to a genus or kind |
General
(a.) Comprehending many species or individuals |
General
(a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import |
General
(a.) Common to many, or the greatest number |
General
(a.) Having a relation to all |
General
(a.) As a whole |
General
(a.) Usual |
General
(a.) The whole |
General
(a.) One of the chief military officers of a government or country |
General
(a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together |
General
(a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. |
General
(a.) The public |
Governor general
() A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him |
King-post
(n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. |
Lamp-post
(n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
Lieutenant general
() An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. |
Major general
() An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. |
Office
(n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others |
Office
(n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose |
Office
(n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself |
Office
(n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform |
Office
(n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted |
Office
(n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office |
Office
(n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. |
Office
(n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass |
Office
(v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office |
Post-
() A prefix signifying behind, back, after |
Post
(a.) Hired to do what is wrong |
Post
(n.) A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else |
Post
(n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers |
Post
(n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed |
Post
(n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route |
Post
(n.) A military station |
Post
(n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. |
Post
(n.) A messenger who goes from station |
Post
(n.) An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another |
Post
(n.) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. |
Post
(n.) One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. |
Post
(n.) A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument |
Post
(n.) A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper. |
Post
(v. t.) To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices |
Post
(v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach |
Post
(v. t.) To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like. |
autopsy
necropsy
postmortem
post-mortem
PM
postmortem examination
post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
| general election | a national or state election, candidates are chosen in all constituencies |
| post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages, it came by the first post, if you hurry you'll catch the post |
| post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
| public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
Attorney General
Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
function
office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
quarterback
signal caller
field general | (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team, quarterback is the most important position on the team |
| office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
| Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
| Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
| Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
| land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
| general verdict | an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
powder-post termite
Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
post horse
post-horse
poster | a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
box office
ticket office
ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
checkroom
left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
command post
general headquarters
GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
| corner post | a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
general anesthetic
general anaesthetic | an anesthetic that anesthetizes the entire body and causes loss of consciousness |
general-purpose bomb
GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
| government office | an office where government employees work |
headquarters central office
main office
home office
home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
hinging post
swinging post | the gatepost on which the gate is hung |
| hitching post | a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying |
inhalation anesthetic
inhalation anaesthetic
inhalation general anesthetic
inhalation general anaesthetic | a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled |
| king post | post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss |
| land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
| life office | life assurance office |
| loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
military post
post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
newel post
newel | the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, it supports the handrail |
office
business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
office building
office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
| office furniture | furniture intended for use in an office |
| Oval Office | the office of the President of the United States in the White House |
pawnbroker's shop
pawnshop
loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
| post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position, he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them |
| post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) |
| post chaise | closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used to transport passengers and mail |
post exchange
PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
posthole
post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger
post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
| post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the th and th centuries |
posthouse
post house | an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders |
Post-Office box
PO Box
POB
call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
| post road | a road over which mail is carried |